Method and device for selective communication service in communication system

• US 10,045,177 B2
• Filed: 06/15/2015
• Issued: 08/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Park, Jong-Han, Lee, Duckey, Lee, Sang-Soo, Choi, Sung-Ho, Kim, Sang-Bum, Kim, Soeng-Hun, Kim, Woo-Seong, Lee, Ju-Ho, Jang, Jae-Hyuk
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, DANH C
• Application Number:
  US14/739,781
• Publication Number:
  US 20160021484A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,149 Days
• Field of Search: 455418, 455411, 4555501, 455 111, 4554141, 705 271
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/35 Protecting application or service provisioning, e.g. securing SIM application provisioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/40 Security arrangements using identity modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/28 Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A user equipment in a communication system, according to various embodiments of the present disclosure, includes: a controller that determines at least one communication service to deactivate among communication services that are able to be provided and a transmitter that transmits, to a server, a message for identifying the at least one communication service to deactivate.

Claims

1. A server in a wireless communication system, comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to;

receive, via the transceiver from a user equipment (UE) in which an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) is embedded, a first message including an identifier (ID) of the eSIM;

transmit, via the transceiver to the UE, a communication product list including a plurality of communication products provided by at least one mobile network operator (MNO);

receive, via the transceiver from the UE, a second message including information on a communication product selected among the plurality of communication products; and

transmit, via the transceiver to a node of a MNO providing the selected communication product, a third message generated based on the information on the selected communication product and the ID of the eSIM.

2. The server of claim 1, wherein a profile corresponding to the selected communication product is installed in the eSIM.

3. The server of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit, via the transceiver to another server, a fourth message generated based on the ID of the eSIM, and a profile corresponding to the selected communication product is provided to the UE by the another server.

4. The server of claim 1, wherein the first message further includes information regarding a capability of the UE, and

wherein the processor is configured to transmit, via the transceiver to the UE, the communication product list including the plurality of communication products corresponding to the capability of the UE.

5. The server of claim 1, wherein the first message further includes location information of the UE, and

wherein the processor is configured to transmit, via the transceiver to the UE, the communication product list including the plurality of communication products corresponding to the location information of the UE.

6. A user equipment (UE), in which an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) is embedded, in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to;

transmit, via the transceiver to a server, a first message for accessing to the server, the first message including an identifier (ID) of the eSIM;

receive, via the transceiver from the server, a communication product list including a plurality of communication products provided by at least one mobile network operator (MNO);

transmit, via the transceiver to the server, a second message including information on a communication product selected among the plurality of communication products; and

receive, via the transceiver from another server, a profile corresponding to the selected communication product.

7. The UE of claim 6, wherein the profile corresponding to the selected communication product is installed in the eSIM.

8. The UE of claim 6, wherein a message generated based on the ID of the eSIM is transmitted from the server to the another server, and the profile corresponding to the selected communication product is provided by the another server.

9. The UE of claim 6, wherein the first message further includes information regarding a capability of the UE, and

wherein the processor is configured to receive, via the transceiver from the server, the communication product list including the plurality of communication products corresponding to the capability of the UE.

10. The UE of claim 6, wherein the first message further includes location information of the UE, and

wherein the processor is configured to receive, via the transceiver from the server, the communication product list including the plurality of communication products corresponding to the location information.

11. A method of a server in a wireless communication system, comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE) in which an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) is embedded, a first message for accessing to the server, the first message including an identifier (ID) of the eSIM;

transmitting, to the UE, a communication product list including a plurality of communication products provided by at least one mobile network operator (MNO);

receiving, from the UE, a second message including information on a communication product selected among the plurality of communication products; and

transmitting, to a node of a MNO providing the selected communication product, a third message generated based on information on the selected communication product and information on the ID of the eSIM.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein a profile corresponding to the selected communication product is installed in the eSIM.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising transmitting, to another server, a fourth message generated based on the ID of the eSIM, and a profile corresponding to the communication product is provided to the UE by the another server.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the first message further includes information regarding a capability of the UE, and

wherein the transmitting the communication product list comprises transmitting the communication product list including the plurality of communication products corresponding to the capability of the UE.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the first message further includes location information of the UE, and

wherein the transmitting the communication product list comprises transmitting the communication product list including the plurality of communication products corresponding to the location information of the UE.

16. A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system comprising:

transmitting, to a server, a first message for accessing to the server, the first message including an identifier (ID) of the eSIM;

receiving, from the server, a communication product list including a plurality of communication products provided by at least one mobile network operator (MNO);

transmitting, to the server, a second message including information on a communication product selected among the plurality of communication products; and

receiving, from another server, a profile corresponding to the selected communication product.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the profile corresponding to the selected communication product is installed in the eSIM.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein a message generated based on the ID of the eSIM is transmitted from the server to the another server, and the profile corresponding to the selected communication product is provided by the another server.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the first message further includes information regarding a capability of the UE, and

wherein the receiving the communication product list comprises receiving the communication product list including the plurality of communication products corresponding to the capability of the UE.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the first message further includes location information of the UE, and

wherein the receiving the communication product list comprises receiving the communication product list including the plurality of communication products corresponding to the location information of the UE.